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Illinois
Political repression plays out state by state — shaped by local institutions, prosecutors, and movements for defense. These are the documented political prisoners and cases the census holds for Illinois.
718Documented
6In custody
382Released
Eras of repression in Illinois
Where Illinois’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1920s 169
1930s 134
1960s 70
1910s 69
2020s 64
1970s 61
Recent dashboard entries from Illinois
The newest published events and reporting located in Illinois, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
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Marimar Martinez sues federal government over Border Patrol shooting
Prosecution
Immigration judge finds Salah Sarsour deportable; his lawyers plan an appeal
Prosecution
Broadview Six prosecutor resigns, alleging U.S. attorney directed the failed felony prosecution
Protest
Federal agents mace 10 protesters outside the Broadview ICE facility; two are hospitalized
Prosecution
Broadview 6 grand jury transcripts released, showing alleged prosecutorial misconduct
Prosecution
Now-cleared ‘Broadview 6’ immigration protesters seek evidence of White House pressure to indict
Protest
Hundreds rally in Morris against a proposed hyperscale data center
Prosecution
Charges dropped against four Broadview ICE protesters over misconduct
Documented cases
718 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Stanley Gancharik
Stanley Gancharik was a Russian worker associated with the Industrial Workers of the World who was held in Chi...
E
Ed Gargan
Released
Ed Gargan was one of the Chicago 15 arrested after the group burned about 40,000 Selective Service records on...
F
Frank Gaskins
Released
Black prisoner held two and a half years in the Marion federal penitentiary's behavior-modification unit, take...
C
C. Gaudio
C. Gaudio was an Italian unemployed Chicago worker arrested with supporters after an eviction. The ILD report...
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Rev. David Gerdes
Released
Rev. David Gerdes was a Dunkard from Chicago, Illinois. Rev. David Gerdes began serving a prison sentence on N...
B
Bessie Gettman
Released
Bessie Gettman was a Chicago garment-strike picket associated with the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’...
G
George Gibbs
Released
George Gibbs was a Communist Party petition solicitor who was jailed at Lewistown (Fulton County), Illinois in...
C
Ca'Quintez Gibson
Released
Ca'Quintez Gibson, 26, was charged with using the internet to incite a riot. He made a series of Facebook Live...
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Wallace Gibson
Wallace Gibson was arrested during the August 12, 1930 meeting of the Unemployed Council at 900 South Paulina...
E
Ernest Giuliani
Released
Ernest Giuliani was a Westville, Illinois miner prosecuted with John Sloan and Frank Suchaczewski in 1938. Aft...
J
Julius Goebel
The May 1920 Chicago conspiracy roster names Julius Goebel among defendants indicted in January 1920 for alleg...
F
Fannie Goldberg
Released
Fannie Goldberg was a Chicago garment-strike picket associated with the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’...
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Viola Goldstein
Viola Goldstein was individually named among eleven Chicago garment pickets arrested Wednesday, March 19, 1924...
F
F. M. Goodell
The May 1920 Chicago conspiracy roster names F. M. Goodell among defendants indicted in January 1920 for alleg...
R
Rose Goodman
Released
Rose Goodman was a Chicago garment-strike picket associated with the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Un...
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Mary Goorvitch
Mary Goorvitch was a Chicago garment striker named on the four-woman committee appealing for support on March...
R
Richard Gordon
In Exile
Richard Gordon was a U.S. Army sergeant from Chicago and one of 21 American Korean War prisoners who refused r...
J
James Gossard
Released
James Gossard was from Urbana, Illinois. James Gossard was arrested and scheduled for trial at the mass IWW tr...
B
Bert Grace
Bert Grace was one of five union miners tried at Marion, Illinois, for Howard Hoffman’s death in the Herrin af...
A
Andrea Beverly Graves
Released
Andrea Beverly Graves was a licensed practical nurse in the Chicago Black Panther Party’s health cadre. She wa...
E
Emil F. Greco
Emil F. Greco was an Amalgamated Clothing Workers strike picket employed by the International Tailoring Compan...
B
Ben Grey
Released
Ben Grey was a Young Communist League speaker arrested in Chicago on September 6, 1930 during police raids on...
F
Frank Gurnaski
Frank Gurnaski was an Amalgamated Clothing Workers strike picket employed by the International Tailoring Compa...
R
Ray Gusitz
Ray Gusitz was individually named among eleven Chicago garment pickets arrested Wednesday, March 19, 1924. The...
Institutions in Illinois
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Illinois that appear in the census’s case files.
Cook County JailChicago, Illinois
58 cases
Chicago police lockupChicago, Illinois
9 cases
MCC ChicagoChicago , Illinois
8 cases
Woodstock Jail (McHenry County)
7 cases
Southern Illinois Penitentiary, ChesterChester, Illinois
6 cases
FCI Pekin Satellite CampPekin, Illinois
5 cases
USP MarionMarion, Illinois
5 cases
FCI PekinPekin, Illinois
4 cases